Monthly Archives: June 2007

Are Best Buy and Blockbuster getting into video downloads?

Posted on Sunday, June 3, 2007 by MegaZone

Ars Technica is reporting that Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer let slip some information that indicates Best Buy and Blockbuster are going to enter the video download market. “We have nearly a dozen active agreements in place for digital delivery of … Continue reading →

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TiVo and GPLv3

Posted on Sunday, June 3, 2007 by MegaZone

OK, I saw this article and some others in the past week. The GPLv3 is the General Public License, version 3. What is it? The GPL is the license that covers a great deal of open source software or free … Continue reading →

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WordPress Conversion Complete

Posted on Saturday, June 2, 2007 by MegaZone

The site is now running completely within WordPress. All of the formerly static XHTML pages have been moved into WordPress as ‘Pages’. I’m now using WordPress both as the blog and as a CMS for the site. I’ve edited all … Continue reading →

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Google acquires FeedBurner

Posted on Friday, June 1, 2007 by MegaZone

Well, the acquisitions continue as Google acquires FeedBurner. I wonder if they’ll integrate it with Google Reader? I’ve been thinking about using FeedBurner for this blog’s feeds, but I’m undecided. I’ve never used FeedBurner myself, so I don’t know how … Continue reading →

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Covad launches higher-speed DSL service – up to 15Mbps

Posted on Friday, June 1, 2007 by MegaZone

There is a war out there amongst broadband providers, to be the fastest pipe in town. Things have really changed over the past 10 years. Ten years ago I was working for Livingston Enterprises, an access server and router vendor … Continue reading →

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